Crawford avalanche., 1887-07-28
MICHIGAN AFFAIRS.
The work of tubing the gas well at
Jackson has begun.

support its public schools.
Mr.. Proper. of Mason County, weighs
3I4, which, considering who 1t is, seems
quite right.
The First Congregational Society of
Jackson is about TO build now chapel on
Waterloo street.
The annual encampment Of the South
western Association G. A. r. will bc held
at Adrian, August 80.
There arc people in Jackson who ex-
peot to see it become one Of the great salt
producing cities OF the State.
Tho prospects for raising the s7s.co9
needed to bring the Cincinnati. Jackson
and Mackinaw Railway to Jackson are not
very hattering.
Tho Independent says that the peach
crop in tho vicinity Of Shelby, Oceana
County, will probably be from 10000 to
$4,000 baskets.
jackson has q smoke ordinance, re-
quiring the use Of smoke consumers where
large quantities of bituminous coal are
consumed. The people are clamoring for
its enforcement.
-Houghton County's new court house,
Jail and Sheriff's residence are about COM
pleted, and will be formally turned over to
the county within short time. 1t is claimed
to be the peer of any public building in the
State, being provided with all modern con-
veniences.
As the Michigan Central Railroad
hand-cars, two in number, wero coming in
Frank franks snppsu and 1ah JusE 1rs. .aS
two cars came together, being caught be-
tween them. He was horribly mangled,
one leg being nearly severed from his body.
Surgical aid was summoned and the man
takcn TO his home. He is still alive, but
cannot recover.
The official premium list of tho thirty
ninth annual State Fair. to be held in Jack
son, Sept. 1923, shows premiums offered
on seventy classes. The rules require that
of these the entries in live stock, poultry,
and farm implements shall be in tho hands
of the Secretury, J. G. Sterling, of Mon
roe, on or before Sept. 1, entries OF
machinery by Sept. Is, and applications
for space by Sept. II. The Secretary will
be in Jackson after Sept 8.
The free-delivery system has not
proved success so far in Ann Arbor, and
is not satisfactory either to the postoflicc
| authorities or to the citizens. The number
of carriers was cut down TO four by the
Postoffice Department, and an attempt has
been made TO carry out full service with
this number, giving each carrier distance
of from twenty-five to twenty-four miles
to walk. This they were unable to do
and last week the limits Of free deliver,
we're cut down considerably, leaving
those not living in the central parts OF the
city 10 coll for their mail as formerly.
Miners working on the Foley option
Isbpemiug, 100 feet east Of the Lake Su
pcrior Iron Company's gold mine, latel,
fred four blasts in the vein and got rocl
of the same character as in the Lake Su
perior mine and the same PARTICLES of fre
gold were found in the rocks. This estab
fishes the prominence of the vein beyon,
doubts. Much work is being done in th
gold field, and number Of capitalists iron
tho East and West nre there endeavoring L
secure land. How much gold the LAX
Superior Company took from the SHIFT
unknown, but there was several thousan
dollars worth. Rumor says $4,000 j
gold have air ,ndy been taken out, but IL
estimate is probably too high.
Near Petersburg carly in the summer
some children found near tho Raisin Rive
the skeleton of woman. Only fragment
of her clothing could be found. A pla
band rim. encircled one Of the skeleton
fingers. The hair, long, silken, and COLDER
had not been destroyed. Recently nj
and Mrs. John Nixon and n man name
Galloway called at the Office of tho Justi'
who held the inquest and identified Il
, relics. The deceased was Mrs. Nixon
mother. She qnarreled with her husban
thon living at Milan, and stated that 81
intended 10 leave home and visit her dangl
ter, at East Milan, and her uncle at Toled
From that time 10 tho d scovcry OF the ske
: eton no trace Of her could be found.
, careful examination of the skull show
I that ii had been crushed by somo hea
blow.
Tho reported drowning of John Va
. derbcrg in Howard's Lake, near kalam
= zoo, is the talk Of the city. and rumors O
1 flying thick that he is not in the lai
D Search was made by Peter Gochy and Jam
v Quinn, Of Detroit, divers, over space
5 500 feet square, but not ing wns four
Three dynamite cartridges thrown into
? lake were found, Lut nothing OF the be
. or man could be dug out of the mud viii
covers the bottom 10 dep.h of from fo
to six feet They gave mp tho search a
left for home. The men who we're W
0 Van derberg AMI reported his drowni
: were there to locate tho spot, but COZ
:, not tell with nny certainty. Nanderbt
had been married bit six weeks, and h
10 500 Of his wife's money in his pocke
Z Some say he has departed for other clim
10 and others suggest foul play.
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